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the people's needs right here today i am sorry to hear you say represents rage isn't also frustration because many would say you are about wall street movement really isn't achieving its goals really those who should be listening aren't listening what its future is briefly well it's very much achieving its goals in terms of waking up the youth in the us waking up working people in the us to the reality the reality that poor and working people are losing more and more and that the one percent actually one thousands of one percent is gaining a normal new wealth so that they are very successful in drawing attention to that despite a shutdown by the media and by the police and that movement is very determined to continue and to find new tactics well you said shut down by the media we're certainly talking about it with you too sarah thank you very much indeed for joining us live. thank you and thank you. it's been
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a turbulent week for poland which saw thousands of people protesting against the. pact their country has signed up to along with twenty one of european states to say the multinational deal which still needs to be ratified by the european parliament allows firms to censor the internet alexy just get reports now from warsaw. at first thousands across poland directed their anger squarely at the notorious anti counter fee trade agreement the idea of punishing the site for publishing the let's say trademarked material is somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody but with every passing rally the protest grew more political the crowds put prime minister to six government under fire for signing the agreement on thursday most governmental websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they are trying to
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mask. the promise is that there would be a sudden closer touch to the documents. that we have. the right for our own interpretation of the can but that's not possible knows a lot from our government technically actors should be a good thing protecting intellectual property ranging from music to designer bags but the global online community fears corporations will use it to police the web and take regular users offline for harmless internet behavior it certainly has a striking resemblance to the much debated sopa bill in the united states which sent even online giants like google and wikipedia to take direct action but the law was only meant to work locally across the atlantic while act would be applied more globally. not. groups and in some countries it needs to be ratified by parliament but not in every
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country so we have another. source open people faired but actor is still an option for many many countries it was too much for one french e.u. deputy quit calling actor charade then came the twitter twist the micro-blogging site saying it can now censor tweets country by country pride is active protests. in war so we're expected to gather up to forty thousand people but a sudden big freeze kept many away never the last of the intends to rally for several more weeks hoping to urge war soldiers ruling circles to take a step back twenty one other issue member states along with poland signed actor but it's only here but the decision has caused so much controversy and public dissent the document is yet to be ratified by the country spar laments which certainly leaves the possibility of more protests everywhere across the european continent let's. see reporting from poland. well as our correspondent mentioned
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the microblogging from twitter is in a flap over censorship scandal of its own and we've got more analysis on that on our website how to dot com including one suggestion that the move will ultimately backfire on governments. make it very clear that their users your government is censoring you and i think that will be a huge step in pressuring both people to share the stuff that was censored but also pressuring governments to change their policy. but you can watch the full conversation with internet liberty campaign aaron swartz on our t.v. don't call me also online. the internet's most famous whistleblower is getting ready to reveal even more on t.v. . is known for his own talk show and on t.v. all the details on our website for you.
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deadly clashes between fighters belonging to libya's interim government and soldiers a lot of the slain colonel gadhafi in bani walid this week spot fears of a new civil war the national transitional council reportedly began amassing forces including truck mounted and aircraft weapons near the former stronghold of the gadhafi regime the build up came after government troops were forced out of the restive town the rest mirrors the growing frustration in libya many people accuse the m.t.c. of incompetence and violent power struggles between former rebels chandan a spokesman for british civilians for peace in libya explains why the council is failing to unite the country. the gadhafi regime could control the whole of libya could find peace amongst all the tribes the new regime cannot even control something in one town or one area i mean they've turned libya into a war and of the hunting of black skins they have they're selling off their oil and natural resources and sovereignty to nato and now the thieves that is the rebels they're all falling out with each other so really this is the chief of freedom and
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democracy by nato it's all become very clear people of syria and the people of lebanon and the people of the global south have to see about what's happening in libya is coming to them if they're not able to defend themselves and stop this rolling western aggression against other countries in the global south. libya's interim leadership also came under fire from the u.n. this week over a failure to stop the torture of thousands of prisoners to international organizations doctors without borders and amnesty international say detainees have been tortured and killed in recent months they also point to widespread abuse of former gadhafi supporters and as a financial reports hopes are fading that the nato backed government can actually offer a new beginning. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but in n.t.s.c. run libya the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continue
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torture of prisoners say the doctors and now after two inmates died from beatings the international group has stopped its mission in protest patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care in order to make them fit for further interrogation this is an acceptable our rule is to provide medical care to work on tuesdays and sick detainees not to repeatedly treat the same patients between torture sessions the news comes amidst rising anger with libya's interim government demonstrations in benghazi last week ended with the resignation of a high ranking member of the m.t.c. it started with the very beginning of the rebellion very beginning of the insurrection the second day of the rebellion eighteenth of february the african migrants were rounded up locked in a detention center and burnt to death and the n.p.c. expressed support for this time and this is part of the strategy of the west you
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know divide and rule and that was given the green light of the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought the empty seat of power is by itself raising questions. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to leave here to investigate some of the two that it bears entity of were with their evolution in the frogs and there were guiding the air raids and directing them and court again making them. if you are baited to protect. that you are aware that it is very very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of more my eyes i saw the killing go fifty one people in front of my eyes was fifteen years old and
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while all sides in the live in conflict are to blame for violence and violations the human rights activists claim not all of them have been held responsible for their wrongdoings investigating what happened during labor is seven months civil war and the nato campaign to protect civilians this fact the mission discovered again crimes against humanity but the goal was not to judge but to shed light on what happened and not to repeat the mistakes in recent united nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly griffin ocean or r.t. . libya however isn't the only nation coping with post revolutionary unrest it's back to egypt's tahrir square as hundreds of thousands rally against the absolute
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power of the ruling military gentleman his reluctance to step down that's coming your way in the next hour here on t.v. one that brings us now to twenty eight minutes past the hour in a couple minutes i'll be back with the headlines very shortly this is the weekly live from moscow.
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with mike stronger on no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report on. this week's top stories now here on t.v. but league admission arab nations hold their observers work in syria reports of an upsurge in violence and asked says that could make things worse. talks between iran and you a new plan specters international tension iran is considering stopping part of a new within days as a response to sanctions. for so u.s. article protests feel the full force of the law and oakland again but officers resorting to tear gas and flash grenades to disperse demonstrators and arrest hundreds. multinational proposals to stop weapons piracy sparked mass protests in
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poland i can say the government is supporting internet censorship not copyright protection. not to bring it up there with more news stories in the us and thirty minutes from now the meantime enjoy the beauty of a nature reserve hidden away in the caucasus declared a world heritage site by unesco it can be reached only by helicopter. southern russia. this faraway place can be reached by helicopter. the first few special permission to travel around here.
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mitri says and his son can have such a climate but it only allows them to film the landscapes. this close read it's all set up i can't tell you how beautiful. the weather is right. crossland. this place. has declared a world heritage site. of the total area of the caucuses nature of.
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a long time ago the people of the caucuses used to shepherd droves of sheep across the a bug of lambs were often targeted by hawks even today they're. back to this past. july. this is a bearded vulture i mean there's no bugs in the. birds of this kind bigger nests on low lying logs all of thirty or forty kilometers from here. but when they go hunting for. fifty kilometers in search of food. they're interesting creatures. the above go is situated close to the greater northern slope of the caucuses mountain range or from the grassland you can get a panoramic view of the mountain ridge of the caucuses nature reserve.
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there is also a clear view of mt fished one of the highest points in the western caucuses the epilogue and let's try to get the mountains in for a filming is best done from the highest point on the bar go it's about nine hundred meters above sea level here dimitri is teaching a son killed how to set up for the filming. look. normal you can see that the lighting is on one side or the mist covers most of the valley. we don't want to film only the mist we need to focus on the foreground look at the grass gleaming in the sunlight and it's light of the valley is dark. so the light strip will show this shot to the best advantage. no.
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the great in northern slope is a continuous chain of mountain ridges tops by snowy peaks millions of years ago there was a vast sea in this place the smallest part of it the black sea is now hidden behind mountain ridges they form a shield in the way of warm breezes blowing from the sea the warm air creates a sub tropical climate in the foothills of the southern slope of the greater caucus's ridge there is a moderate zone further upslope the kingdom of eternal snow and ice on the mountain tops is more than three thousand metres above sea level. which is the. i'm going to film these magnificent landscapes we never know in order to show them. to the hundreds of people who never venture here. or with either because they have no time. when you go because they don't understand the meaning of
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nature. be able. to live side by side with the pass translated from the caspian language means the mountain of caucasian goats the reserve is the only habitat of western caucasian goats in the wild here they don't move about very much a small herd might well stay for decades in the same area high in the mountains one thousand nine hundred metres. the only trail leading across the past begins in the embargo grassland. caucuses reserve ranges often use it to make rounds of the area they always do it on horseback a round trip usually takes one week. to come across perches interests on this path is broken europe's the only way here there are rocks on one
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side and i think a tangle of red and green on the other it is very difficult terrain. all. the ranges camp out in small parts and it's always cold in the mountains at night. or. shortly before dawn the metering kill head
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to a small flat mountain top according to an old caucasian legend do you often meet the sunrise in the mountains lives a long and happy life. get real you can no see mode you go and you're right in that the sun will rise from behind the aspen pass. we're going to choose the highest point for filming will only have ten to fifteen minutes for that. new. form.
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is a mystery to the one used to it no single one is ever the same the villain in. its truly wonderful guy. the nearest settlement is far away radio is the only means of communication with human civilization. hey folks if you're listening to our movement the radio show us your hosts once again and you katrina and look at it last term and talked about in the history of the congress is nature reserve good you can go to the small studio broadcasting the al movement show is in the town of scores of kilometers away from the a bugger for schoolchildren tell locals about the caucuses reserve journalist. oversees the programs the children talk about the reserves animals surviving trees
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mountaintops and rare plants. they draw on their experience as reporters and engineers working in various protected areas therefore they always fully prepared for the program when they go on there. who have then i think when people look at it and they try to imagine what these trees saw a long time ago. as for me i always have this on the county feeling that my agent stature martin significant in front of these or inspiring giant. one of the most famous parts of the caucuses nature reserve is the growth situated
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close to the black sea coast the oldest tree here is over a thousand years old. the grove has survived several generations of tourists and many natural disasters. according to scientists the greatest of them took place some eighteen million years ago. a rupture in the earth's crust created a natural labyrinth and the gorge the gorges bed was filled with water from a mountain stream. this landscape has undergone no changes since then. visitors are fascinated by the mysterious origin of the grove and the agent trees there in they think of it as a living relic of the distant past. i can tell you that i really do feel mystical about it was that people rarely break the rules here they're not eager to destroy or cut things down so that wish that some people might say i'm crazy but i
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honestly believe nature herself is at work here and i think this place is protected by higher forces. a small canyon in the outer edge of the grove marks its natural boundary in the north the west and east in horns of an infamous mountain river called the haast joint where the canyon is at its most narrow and the never ending roar of water is a sign of its dangerous allure. then you'll know. this canyon is notorious because the water rises quickly when the snow melts or after terentia already has been. a whirlpool formed a strong water splashing against one side of the ravine and then against the other . anything that falls into the whirlpool gets sucked down to the bottom people trying to swim or walk across and end up drowning were. there have been several
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deaths as a result. that's why this place is infamously known as a devil's great meal for you with your bottle. there are four major waterways in the caucuses reserve a river is one of the deepest and wishing down has been put up there a small hydro power station supplies electricity to the heart's in the upper reaches of the reserves northern sector ranges stay for the night. but the. water is clean through of there is a. well w. bush wherever you can get some water from any spray or small river would be a cure more than might be about the soul fit for drinking and. international rafting competitions take place on the bella river every year the
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route is extreme the rapids and near impossible to clear.
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a cargo helicopter flies through a mountain gorge before it reaches the weather station to go good is situated in the mountains of the caucuses nature is a as an altitude of more than two sounds and meets is above sea level it is the op most stations in the western caucuses its total square is two hundred maybe two. as intact as our reserve is the only one in russia that occupies the territory of three russian regions it's really unique. the direction of the caucuses reserve personally i've a sees the rotation of staff
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and food supplies in this remote area. the helicopter rarely stops at juga for more than twenty minutes but even such a short period of time is enough for dimitri says i don't care just some kid able to get several shots on take. most of the world's weather stations located in major cities record changes in the atmosphere resulting from industrial waste and vehicle fumes the data collected juga and similar stations is important for fundamental research into how the earth's climate changes in areas situated far away from manmade sources of pollution. now the temperature of juba is fifteen degrees above zero but
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a couple of days ago trees were falling to the ground under the impact of strong gusts of wind which by the way where the snow is usually one meter deep around this time in december temperatures were unusually high in november and it may well turn out to be the warmest november in twenty five years. each day caucuses reserve staff record temperatures wind velocity humidity and amice ferric pressure. one team is on shift for two months. on its way from to get to the grand northern slope the helicopter passes by mt.

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